LAKE OAHE, S.D. (KELO) — Early in December 2023, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) announced that fisheries staff had confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Lake Oahe, the 9th largest ...

Drifting along the shore of Lake Oahe, you can’t help but think of Lewis and Clark, who navigated these waters nearly 200 years ago. The rolling hills and bluffs that border the impoundment of the ...

A Watertown resident recently landed what might be a South Dakota state-record chinook salmon on Lake Oahe. Darrick Koch said he and a fishing partner were trolling along the face of Oahe Dam last ...

PIERRE, S.D. — The line moves just a hair, or does it? No, wait, it does. Darn, nope, it doesn’t. Maybe it’s time to reel the minnow back in and make sure it’s still alive. It is. I cast again, let it ...

Every year, some of the earliest open-water boat fishing in North Dakota occurs on the Missouri River. Historically, from Washburn, N.D., down past Bismarck-Mandan, this "first boats in the water" has ...

As in other parts of North Dakota, winterkill is a concern in about 20 of the 95 fisheries in the South Central District. Paul Bailey, South Central District fisheries supervisor, North Dakota Game ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - As record amounts of water were flushed through Oahe Dam during the Missouri River flooding last summer, biologists and anglers worried about a repeat of 1997, when hundreds of ...

PIERRE – Wildlife officials are considering adding another species of salmon to Lake Oahe to boost fishing success. Flooding in 2011 flushed many of the Chinook salmon in the Missouri River reservoir ...

Walleye harvest on Lake Oahe increased slightly from June to July and reached a point where the numbers of fish kept during the April-June period actually surpassed the previous harvest record ...

The search continues for a missing man in Corson County who was last seen fishing on Lake Oahe. Clyde Oswald, 70, of Wakpala, was reported missing the evening of Jan. 27 when he didn't return home, ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A Watertown resident recently landed what may be the biggest chinook salmon ever caught in South Dakota. Darrick Koch and a fishing partner were trolling along the face of Oahe Dam ...

Fishing guide Dave Spaid said he's optimistic because Oahe started this year with a much higher smelt population than in 1997. Walleyes remained in good shape through the summer, a sign they were ...